Java application developers come across JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) when it comes to connecting to a database. There is a JDBC driver, which is used by a Java application to connect to a database, and a JDBC API, which is related to programming. JDBC lets a developer connect to several databases. It is essentially the [...]

On Monday, Mozilla - the company behind the popular Firefox browser - made a pretty sizable announcement. According to a post on Mozilla's blog, on November 10th, the company will release a new browser built specifically for developers. The November 10th date is also the company's 10th anniversary: It makes a lot of sense to [...]

Developers developing in Ruby on Rails, Node.js and PHP know that deploying code can be a pain and stressful. The team at VIADUCT.io has designed and developed a platform that is easy to use and understand and takes the headache out of deploying code and apps. "Viaduct is an brand new application hosting platform allowing [...]

Bootstrap Themes Bootstrap Bay With all the different tools and frameworks available to developers and non-developers alike, it has become incredibly easy to build a website; not necessarily a quality site, but a site nonetheless. As platforms like WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger, and others have become more mature, you can pretty much get a website up [...]

There are a lot of companies out there making a name for themselves by saying that they are teaching kids how to program in a very short time. At ISTE 2014 we actually saw it happen when Terrapin Software taught our six year old special correspondent, Tatum, the fundamentals of programming in under ten [...]

On Monday, June 24, on the 26th anniversary of the launch of Mathematica, Stephen Wolfram announced the launch of the Wolfram Programming Cloud. The Wolfram Programming Cloud is the first of a huge number of products centered around the Wolfram Language. The Wolfram Language is a new approach to programming, one that Wolfram calls a "knowledge [...]

On Wednesday, a new video on the Google Developer YouTube channel gave us a new look at Android Wear. The video gives us a ton of new information about Google's foray into a wearable OS. There are a lot of things that stand out, but one of the most important takeaways - at least [...]

Developing apps and games isn't an easy job. In fact, less than 10% of apps submitted to the iOS or Android app stores make more than $100 over the course of their lives. Matomy aims to fix all of that by offering payment solutions as well as marketing support through mass exposure to mobile developers [...]

Anyone who has ever designed a website knows how important wireframing is. It is a great way to map out the look and feel of a site before diving in. However, there are very few good wireframing resources out there. Often, developers and designers use Photoshop and or some other image editor to create [...]

Towards the end of April, Facebook announced FbStart, a new program providing mobile developers with a ton of free tools and resources. Somehow, we missed the initial announcement, but this is such a great opportunity for developers that we felt it would be prudent to mention it, even if we are more than a month [...]